About This Blog ~ This blog is about a series of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) super-hero, sci-fi, fantasy adventure novels called Rainbow Arc of Fire. The main characters are imbued with extraordinary abilities. Their exploits are both varied and exciting, from a GLBT and a human perspective. You can follow Greg, Paul, Marina, Joan, William, and Joseph, as well as several others along the way, as they battle extraordinary foes or take on environmental threats all around the globe and even in outer space. You can access synopses of the ten books using the individual links on the upper, left-hand column.





The more recent posts are about events or issues that either are mentioned in one or more books in the series or at least influenced the writing of the series.










Monday, December 17, 2012

Captaincy and regular commission at Minot

This was likely in the late fall of 1977, four years after I graduated from Air Force OTS.  Not only did I make captain, but I also earned a regular commission, rather like tenure.  All of the hard work and study and seven HQ ratings as a missile combat crew commander paid off.
 
What I did not realize at this happy moment when Lt. Col. Glazer had us recite the oath of office was that this ceremony would at least entitle me, almost two years later, to almost $10,000.00 severance pay when I forced to resign.




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